Monday July 4, 2022
About
Advertisement
SmepeaksSmepeaks
  • SMEs & Startups
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Digital Economy & Finance
  • Industries & Sectors
  • Angels & VCs
SmepeaksSmepeaks
  • SMEs & Startups
  • Tech & Innovation
  • Digital Economy & Finance
  • Industries & Sectors
  • Angels & VCs
Smepeaks Logo- new
 Emerging City Champions invites civic innovators for $5,000 fund, plus a fully funded trip to Toronto
Funding Opportunities

Emerging City Champions invites civic innovators for $5,000 fund, plus a fully funded trip to Toronto

by Grace Akinosun April 16, 2019 3 min read

The Knight Foundation’s Emerging City Champions seeks to empower young civic idealists with audacious innovations to enhance the use of public space, mobility, and community engagement in civic projects.

Powered by the 8 80 cities and John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the program is helping new and confident young minds advance project viable enough to enhance utility and aesthetics of communities and also catalyse the engagement of community in civic engagements.

Benefits

  • $5,000 in seed funding to facilitate the materialisation of one civic project in a community in a year
  • A four-day experiential studio in Toronto Canada
  • The Emerging City Champion Network and constant mentorship training from all round experts
  • All expense paid trips

Eligibility

  • Open to anyone with innovations and passion to drive their ideas to implementation
  • Projects must be able to meet the common needs of communities

Requirements

Applicants must be:

  • 19 -35yrs at the time of application
  • able to travel between July 26 -31, 2019.
  • implement their projects in one of the 26 countries where Knight Foundation Invests
  • include a multimedia submission that describes their projects ( blog posts, slide shows, video, etc.)

Application

If you meet the listed criteria, visit the website to tender your application before the deadline on Sunday, May 12, 2019.


Never miss an important story during the week. Subscribe to smepeaks weekly newsletter now.

Tags: Emerging City Champions funding opportunities
Previous post
Next post

Grace Akinosun

administrator

"When business meets technology..." is a phrase that sums me up. I can build a nation with a pen. Got a story worth telling? Forward it to [email protected]

Most Recent
Tech & Innovation

How to grow your brand awareness by

January 11, 2022
Business

OPOD: Home is where the heart is

June 28, 2021
Stories

The Scoop: Trump’s social media comeback is

May 5, 2021
Startups

Rabawa, secures $163,000 from Us-based Aptive Capital to

May 4, 2021
Stay Connected
  • 4.21KLikes
  • 1.16KFollowers
About Us

smepeaks is a new media startup providing credible information and insights about SMEs, startups, the digital economy, and the innovation landscape in Africa.

Copyright © 2022 smepeaks. All Right Reserved.